1. Newspaper Who’s Who Box Metadrama Box Recaps
Descriptions of George and Emily through all three acts
Basic characterization for the other characters (Stage Manager, Gibbs family, Webb family)
Metadrama Box
Minimum four examples of metadrama for each act (12 total)
Recaps
Letter to the Editor (choose prompt)
Boxes completed in class: Themes, Motifs, “Blessed Be the Ties that Bind,” and Connect the Dots

2. Connect the Dots
Write out 4 quotes, events, characters, or themes in the play that stood out to you, one for each of the bullets. (At least one needs to be a quote.)
How can you connect those bullets together? Draw a line connecting your bullets and write on the line how those two ideas are linked.

3. “Come help me string these beans for winter.” (pg. 30)
The role of the Stage Manager
The Soda Shop Scene
“Choose an unimportant day. It will be important enough.” (pg. 100)

4. “Come help me string these beans for winter.” (pg. 30)
The role of the Stage Manager
The Soda Shop Scene
“Choose an unimportant day. It will be important enough.” (pg. 100)
While stringing beans with her mother is a seemingly ordinary and mundane chore, Emily is also talking with her mom about her insecurities (Am I pretty, Mama?). This conversation is an important one because it helps to build her confidence and will ultimately influence how she sees herself.
This is just an example of one connection that can be made between the dots.

5. Letter to the Editor
Choose one of the prompts below for your “Letter to the Editor” box. A complete response is at least 8 sentences..
Write a review of Our Town for the Gazette. What did you think of the play? What did you like? What did you not like? What could be improved? Would you recommend the play to others?
Describe Atascocita in the same tone that the Stage Manager uses when describing Grover’s Corners at the beginning of Act 1.
Create your own “goodbye list” like Emily does at the end of Act 3. After listing out the things you would miss, give an explanation of why these items mean so much to you.
Construct your own obituary. Include the basic facts about your life thus far, but also tell us how you want to be remembered.
If you were Emily, what ordinary day would you want to revisit? Describe that day to me.